The Associated Press reported that dairy giant Dean Foods, Dallas, plans in mid August to halt processing operations at its LouisTrauth Dairy plant in Newport, Ky.
Diversified foods giant General Mills, Minneapolis, said it signed definitive agreements with PAI partners and Sodiaal to acquire a 51 percent controlling interest in Yoplait S.A.S.
The Dallas Morning News reported that Dallas-based Dean Foods Co. expects by next spring to renovate and expand a vacant, 190,000-square-foot building in Dallas to produce WhiteWave products.
Twin Cities Business reported that Dairy Farmers of America Inc., Kansas City, Mo., is in talks with HP Hood LLC, Lynnfield, Mass., to acquire Kemps LLC.
New York City-based cheese marketer Artisanal Brands, Inc. (AB) said it hired Tully & Holland, Wellesley, Mass., as a strategic advisor to seek acquisition opportunities.
I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream. Foodservice trends researcher Technomic Inc., Chicago, says a love affair with ice cream is perhaps just as American as apple pie.
Having previously sold its refrigerated milk and yogurt businesses, Wells' Dairy, Le Mars, Iowa, told area media that the company legally changed its corporate name to Wells Enterprises Inc.
Dairy and soy products giant Dean Foods Company, Dallas, said Joseph E. Scalzo, 52, president and chief operating officer, left the company February 25 for undisclosed reasons.